Sherman Savoy Pickard

Military

Shot down 18 April 1944 in B-17 #42-37902 'Sure Thing' on his 17th mission while serving as the Waist Gunner on the right side. Became a Prisoner of War (POW). He survived the war and returned home to Texas. He later joined Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post 3893, the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization, and the American Ex-Prisoner Of War (AXPOW) organization.

Connections

See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below.

Units served with

Aircraft

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Henderson, Texas, USA 4 September 1922

Enlisted

Tyler, Texas, USA 14 December 1942

Other

Shot down

Barnewitz, Germany 18 April 1944 Shot down over a mission to Oranienburg, Germany, while on B-17 42-37902, serving as the Waist Gunner on the right side. Would later become a POW.

Other

Prisoner Of War

Stalag XVII-B, Austria 18 April 1944 Served roughly 13 months as a POW at Stalag XVII-B.

Died

Nacogdoches, Texas, USA 2 March 2003

Buried

Sunset Memorial Park, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA 4 March 2003

Based

Framlingham Assigned to 568thBS, 390thBG, 8thAF. His missions start in March of 1944, however, so it is hard to tell for sure.

Revisions

Date
ContributorCastleBren
Changes
Sources

Updated awards and location of where he was a POW at.

Date
ContributorCastleBren
Changes
Sources

390th Bomb Group records

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4013 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database